WILLIS v. STATE

No. 94-2951.

669 So.2d 1090 (1996)

Carlton WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Julie M. Levitt, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Doquyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.


GREEN, Judge.

Carlton Willis appeals his conviction for robbery after a jury trial. We agree with Willis that he was denied a fair trial where a police officer testifying for the State impermissibly suggested to the jurors that Willis was known to the police by virtue of his involvement in other criminal incidents and where the prosecutor, during closing argument, suggested that one of Willis' alibi witnesses was not to be believed because the witness was not immediately...

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